I take it as positive that you do admit that you don't know about me. It's better than the alternative. But that doesn't change the fact that you are judging me(And several other posters) over very superfluous and ridiculous shit.

I mean, I did say that feminism wasn't the problem at all here. I even specifically wrote that 'Nique's big change happened in the environmentalism stage, it's just more notorious now. Ronald took the hard job of pointing out several instances where 'Nique has different attitudes than she currently does in strips where sexuality isn't explored at all.

I feel that from this topic you are just reading the things that are convenient for your point of view.

I'm also not interested at all in meeting you irl nor amused about the idea. Don't take it personal, but you didn't give me reasons.

You commie.

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so how is this version of 'Nique so horrendously different from the 'Nique who picketed on Uncle Sam's lawn and tried to unionize the devil girls

i mean it's sort of suspicious that you choose to go back to the earliest parts of the archive and ignore the stuff in between, where this character shifts and changes gradually over the course of, y'know, thirteen years

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I'm sorry? Who is Roland? Do we have a Roland on this forum? Will the real Roland please stand up? Or perhaps you meant RONALD. If you're going to sympathise with another useless poster at least spell his name right

Leohan wrote:

You commie.

This is the second time you've said that. Is this supposed to be some sort of insult? Calling people 'commies' makes you sound like some old war-veteran lunatic (or those people who claim to have been in every war but never have). Infact you know what it reminds me of? This guy. I'm going to call you 'Fish' from now on

I'm just mocking Monkey's habit of judging people's ideas without knowing anything about them and without any sort of discernible evidence of those people having the ideas that he attributes to them. Me calling him a communist makes about as much sense as him calling me an anti-feminist so I'm putting some perspective into how ridiculously he is behaving.

I'm cool with you calling me Fish, though, if you really want to.

Also edited the other post. Sorry Ronald

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so how is this version of 'Nique so horrendously different from the 'Nique who picketed on Uncle Sam's lawn and tried to unionize the devil girls

i mean it's sort of suspicious that you choose to go back to the earliest parts of the archive and ignore the stuff in between, where this character shifts and changes gradually over the course of, y'know, thirteen years

True, but I think were more worried that her personality has basically become ONLY a mouthpiece against the Patriarchy, I mean in the few times she has shown up this year she has said, "Yo. Sure. Relax. Cool cap." And that Cool Cap could have been said by Slick, Crim, Any-other-character. Any time she has more than a few lines in public it was something about the Patriarchy or dealing with a lot of cocks round here.

Note: I decided to start in august last year and go through with every comic that includes Monique, she usually only used to start a conversation with someone else and never say anything else, or says a line that could have been used by any other character. I'm also only counting where she is not the only person in the comic, when she IS alone she kinda gets her normal character.

I'm just mocking Monkey's habit of judging people's ideas without knowing anything about them and without any sort of discernible evidence of those people having the ideas that he attributes to them. Me calling him a communist makes about as much sense as him calling me an anti-feminist so I'm putting some perspective into how ridiculously he is behaving.

You know, I try not to be too judgmental (well, to a point... but after that point... anyway), but at this moment you have 189 posts. If you don't think we can tell a thing or two about you by now, you're just delusional. Do I know what your favorite color is? No. Do I get a sense about how you feel about feminism? Totally. Not just from what you say, but also how you say it.

I don't have the same hard feelings that Monkey and ShadowCell do - I save those for special people - but I can see where they're coming from._________________"Worse comes to worst, my people come first, but my tribe lives on every country on earth. Iíll do anything to protect them from hurt, the human race is what I serve." - Baba Brinkman

Personally, I am kinda neutral about feminism. I can sympathise with the general idea of gender equality but I believe that some of its concepts are not so accurate. So why I'm not an anti-feminist I couldn't feel comfortable saying that I'm a feminist as a matter of fact. That said, I do respect the fact that some people here adhere to the concepts I disagree with, so I wouldn't like to bring them up.

Important thing here, though, is that all of this trivia about me has absolutely bull to do with what I was saying about 'Nique's character development.

Of course, when I think feminist I think any individual that adheres to the idea men and women are equal. I can completely understand why someone would decline getting involved with the feminist <i>movement</I>. (I think more focus needs to be put on de-shaming "feminine" pursuits. The "real men don't do X" nonsense is <i>really</I> irritating. Sadly, I'm not the feminist movement's boss.)_________________Deviant Art | Twitter | Tumblr

Of course, when I think feminist I think any individual that adheres to the idea men and women are equal. I can completely understand why someone would decline getting involved with the feminist movement. (I think more focus needs to be put on de-shaming "feminine" pursuits. The "real men don't do X" nonsense is really irritating. Sadly, I'm not the feminist movement's boss.)

The whole gender-role things confuses the hell out of me. Baking is a hobby of mine, but a number of people have told me it's a woman's hobby. At the same time, I come from a family that made it's bread and butter (oh ho!) for 3 or 4 generations as bakers. When did putting dough into an oven become gender-specific?

Same goes for gardening.

It seems that a lot of these gender associations that people make are for things that historically have been done by men, or by women and men. So, like, what the shit?

It's currently 3AM for me and I'm really tired, so this post probably isn't overly coherent. The thesis I was going for was "Gender roles are fucking dumb, especially because a number of perceived "womanly" roles have been traditionally done by men, or by both women and men".

*Ducks back into the discussion subforum before something bad happens*_________________The Thirties dreamed white marble and slipstream chrome, immortal crystal and burnished bronze, but the rockets on the covers of the Gernsback pulps had fallen on London in the dead of night, screaming. - William Gibson, The Gernsback Continuum

I'm not booing feminism and I for one still think its a good idea that he posted those strips from the archives. He was able to make it easy to reference past examples of 'Nique's behavior while still staying on the same page. It didn't hurt anyone. On the contrary it made it more convenient for the discussion of the journey of the character regardless of which viewpoint you have.